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Oct. 6, 1931., F. R. CHESTER GAME 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed July 2, 1927INVENTOR. W)

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Patented Oct. 6, 1931 PATENT. orrice FRANK n. oHEsrER, on NEW YORK, n.Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, r CHESTERFIELD eon'rnon COMPANY, orDOVER, nrnawann, A oonronarron or DELAWARE GAIME Application filed July2,

This invention relates to a game of improved construction, and aimsspecifically to provide a game of the golf type.

it is an object of the invention to construct .5 a device of thischaracter in which he results accomplished are not achieved by theelement of luck, but, rather, are dependent upon the skill with whichthe operator actuates the game 1 echanism.

A further object of the invention is that of providing a game of thistype in which anumher of different golf shots may be played,

and in which, preferably, these shots will be executed in propersequence.

. Another object is that of furnishing a game which will embody aminimum of mechan cal parts,each individually .rugged and reaculyassembled, to provide a game apparatus the mechanism of which may beoperated over long periods of time with freedom from mechanicaldiificulty.

A still further object is that of providing a game of this type theoperation of which will preferably be coin-controlled'by 'means ofmechanism consistent with the ach1evement of the results outlined in thepreceding paragraph, and in which, upon certain shots beingaccomplished, the playing of the game may not be continued until asecond token or coin has been deposited within the control mechanism.

Other objects of the inventionwill in part be obvious and will in partappear hereinafter. 1

The invention accordingly comprises the features of construction,combination of eleine ts and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope ofthe application of which will be indicated in the claims,

For a fuller understanding'of the nature and obj ects of the inventionreference should be. had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which: r

V "Figure l is a sectional plan View of a game embodying one form of thepresent invention; H

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof: r

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1927. Serial No. 203,056.

Fig. 5 is a sectional. view showing the manher in which the club ismounted,

In these views a cabinet is shown for enclosing the game and operatingmechanism therefor, this cabinet preferably embracing H a base 10, fro-mwhich walls 11 extend upwardly; the forward end wall preferably having acut-out port-ion within which a glass 12 is positioned, and these wallssupporting a glass cover 13 through which the interior of the cabinetmay be viewed.

Positioned above the base 10 is a deck 14:,

in the present instance inclined to a common low point 15, and the uppersurface of which preferably is painted or otherwise decorated tosimulate in appearance a fairway. Ar-

ranged in advance of the rear wall of the cabinet is what might betermed a target member including a plate 16 formed with an opening 17.The field 14 is also formed with an opening 18 in advance of the opening17 and preferably in line therewith, this opening being normally closedagainst the entrance of a missile by means of a plug 19.

Positioned upon the deck 14; is a figure simulating in appearance agolfer, this figure including nether and body portions 20 and 21respectively, the former of which is fixed upon the deck, and the'latterbeing axially movable with respect to the former. Secured to the handsof the figure is a minute golf club 22, preferably of the mashie type,the shaft of which extends through the portion 2121s in Fig. 5. In thenormal position of the figure the head of this club lies, as

shown in Fig. 1, adjacent to the rear of the most depressed portion ofthe field. Thus it will be obvious that if a missile 23 lies atthispoint on the field and the body of the figure is swung, the clubhead will contact with the missile, and, according to. the 'vio lenceofsuch contact, the latter will be impelled across the deck and toward theopening 18 thereof,or will be pitched toward the target and the opening17 of the latter.

' With a view to operating the figure in this manner, a shaft 24 extendstranswrsely of the deck and below the same and mounts at one of its endsa bevel gear 2 3 meshing with a similar gear 26 secured to the shaft 27,the latter extending through the entire nether portion of the figure andbeing fixedly attached to the body portion thereof; it being here notedthat the ratio between the gears 25 and 26 is preferably 2 to 1. At itsopposite end the shaft 24 mounts a crank 28, to which one end of apitman 29 is attached, the opposite end of the latter being secured to abellcrank lever 30 pivotally mounted as at 31 and having its outer armextending beyond the cabinet end; this arm preferably terminatin in afinger contact portion 32 which may movable within the confines of aguard 33 extending from the cabinet wall. Furthermore, with a view toproperly limiting the movements of the bell-crank lever 30, adjustablestops 34 may be provided within the body of the cabinet and arranged oneabove and the other below the edges of the outer arm of the bell-crank.Thus, as the latter is rocked it will be obvious that the shaft 24 willbe given a. partial rotation in order to pivot the body portion 21 ofthe figure and to swing the head of the club carried thereby; it beinghere noted that a spring 35 is preferably provided with a view tomaintaining the parts in the position shown.

To the rear of the target is a plate 36 is swingingly mounted by anotherbell-crank lever 37, the upper arm of which. terminates in adowmvardly-extended rounded *atchportion 38. Cooperating with thisportion is a. rounded shouldered portion 39 formed at the upper end of:1V still further bell-crank lever 40. which is mounted by a shaft 41and has its lowermost arm extending below the upper end of the deck andcarrying the plug 19, which normally closes the opening 18. A spring 42may be employed to normally tend to swing the plug ll) downwardly withinthe slotted guide-member 43, this spring thus transmitting to the upperarm of the bellcrank 40 a tendency to move inwardly, which is normallyprevented by virtue of the cooperation between the rounded catch-portion3S and the rounded shouldered portions 39. To the rear of the plate 16and below the opening 17 a trough 44 may be positioned, this trough asshown in the present exemplifieation extending downwardly andcommunicating at its lower end with an opening it?) formed in the sidewall portion of the plate 16. Thus, with the missile 23 positioned uponthe field and the parts disposed as sluwrn, if the shaft 24 is rotated,only a pitch shot can properly be made, for the reason that the plug 1t)is under those conditons closing the opening 18, while the opening 17 isunobstructed. After each failure of the missile to enter the opening 17,due to an overor umler-playing ot' the shot, the missile will reboundand roll over the deck 14: until it again lies at the lowermost portionthereof and in advance of the club head, which in the interim hasreturned to its normal position. However, upon the missile passingthrough the opening 17, it will obviously strike against the plate 36and be deflected thereby into the trough ll, from which it will returnautomatically to the upper surface of the deck and resmne its normalposition by passing through the opening Incident to the contact of themissile with the. plate 36 as it passes through the opening 17 and the ncessary force exerted by such contact, the bell-crank lever 37 will beswung rearwardly and, as a consequence, the c: tchportion will clear theshouldered portion 39, thus permitting the bell-crank lever 40 to swingfor ardly and downwardly under the influence of the spring 2 to clearthe opening i8. Incident to such bd'lllllllg, the upper a rm of thebell-crank lever will also engage the rear edge of thedownwardly-extemling arm of the bell-crank lever 37 to thus force theplate 36 to a position at which it lies innuediately to the rear of theopening 17 so as to prevent the re-entrance of the missile through thisopening. 13y actuation of the bell-crank lever 30 the figure may now becaused to execute putting shots until the missile passes through theopening 18 into the guide 43 and rests against the upper surface of thelowered plug 19. In such position it is obvious that this missile willnot return to the deck, and, as a consequence, the playing of the gamemust be discontinued after the achievement of the two desired shots.

It is preferred that a game of this type be coin-controlled, i. e.,that. the return of the missile to the deck be etlected by means oi?token-controlled mechanism. lVith a view to providing a desirablemechanism of this character, the present invention also embraces astructure, such as the following: A plate 16 is secured to the upperedge of one of the cabinet side walls and extends over the upper face ofthe cover thereof, this plate being formed with a token or coin slot 17from which a coin chute -18 extends downuuirdly. A guide 19 within whicha block 50 movable, is interrupted in line with the chute e18 to providea passage of a size adequate for the free passage therethrough of a coinor token 51. A pusher-foot is also movable within the guide-member49 andis secured to the pit man 29 to move with the latter; the normalposition of these parts being shown in Fig 4. Thus, if a coin is droppedthrough the chute 48 it will come to rest in the position shown in thisfigure, and upon the finger portion of the bell-crank lever 30 beingdepressed the pusher-foot 52 will press against the token or coin 51 toproject the block 50 until such time as the coin or token 51 moves to aposition in line with a chute extending from an opening in the loweredge of the guidet ll llll

member 4-9. Upon this element aligning with such latter chute, it willpass downwardly through the same into a coin box (not shown). Secured tothe block 50 is a rod 54, the rear end of which is connected to theupper end of an arm ll secured to the shaft l1. Consequently, as theblock 50 is moved under the of the connection provided by the token orcoin the upper arm of the bell-crank lever will be swung rearwardly andits lower arm will be swung upwardly. This will result first in theplate 86 moving rearwardly to the position shown in the figure underconsideration, and, secondly, in an interengaging of the catclrportion38 withthe shouldered portion 39 and a plugging of the opening 18. .Uponthis position of the parts being established, and upon the catch 32being released the token or coin will move downwardly through V thechute 53, and these parts will maintain their position. T he game nowmay be played in the manner above described .to effect (a) a pitch orapproach shot, resulting in the missile passing through the opening 17;and (b) a putt, resulting in the missile passing through the opening 18.Upon the completion of the former shot it will be apparent that as thebell-crank lever-40 returns to what might be termed its non-setposition, the rod 54 and plug are free to return to their initialposition and from which position they will be moved only by thedepositing of a token or coin within the chute i8 and a sub sequentactuation of the finger-portion 32 of the bell-crank lever 30.

Finally, it will be observed that if a game such as has been illustratedis constructed within the teachings of the present invention, a singlelever will serve to effect both the operation of the coin control andthe mechanisms of the game, thus reducing to a minimum all mechanicaldiiiiculties.

Thus, among others, the objects of this invention have een accomplished,and since certain changes may be made in the. above construction anddifferent embodiments of the invention could be made without departingfrom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in theabove description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall beinterpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

it is also to be understood that the followclaims are intended to coverall of the generic and specific features of the invention ereindescribed, and all statements of the scope of the invention which as amatter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A. golf game, including a deck and a back-stop, each formed with anopening, a

- missile-impelling member mounted upon said ward the openingin theback-stop or move :SaICl HlISSIlG over said deck toward the opening inthe latter, and means associated with each of said openings andconnected to alternately obstruct one of the same. lnfiuence of thepusher-foot 52, and by virtue 2. A golf game, including a deck and aback-stop, each formed with an opening, a 'nnss1le nnpellmg membermounted upon salddeck, means for actuating said member to alternatelytoss a missile toward the opening in the back-stop ormove said missileover said deck .towardthe opening in the latter, means for closing bothof said openings to the passage of the missile, and means connectingsaid last-named means to alternately have one of said openings closedwhile the other affords free passage to a missile.

3. A. golf game, including a deck and a,

back-stop, each formed with an opening, a misslle-i'mpelling membermounted upon sald deck, means for actuating sald member to alternatelytoss a missile toward the opening in the back-stop or move said missileover said deck toward the opening in the latter, a plate to the rear ofsaid back-stop opening, means for closing said field opening, .andtrigger mechanism connecting said plate and to be actuated by the impactof a missile against the formerto release the latter.

4:. A golf game, including a deck formed with an opening, a plug fornormally closing said opening, means for retracting said plug to permitthe passa-ge'of a missile throughsaid opening, and controlling means formoving said plug to its initial position.

5. A. golf game, including a deck formed with anopening, a plug fornormally closing said opening, means for retracting said plug to permitthe passage of a missile through said opening, a missile-impellingmember mounted upon said field, a controlling mechanism connected withsaid plug for moving the same, and means for actuating both saidmechanism and said impelling member.

6. A golf game, including a deck and a backstop, each formed with anopening, a missile-impelling member mounted upon said field, a plate tothe rear of the back-stop opening, a plug adjacent the field opening,means connecting said plate and plug to prevent the passage of a missilethrough one opening simultaneously with permitting such passageconnected with said impelling member, and

"a controlling mechanism connected with said plate and plug to establishthe initial positions thereof, said actuating means being also connectedwith said controlling mechanism-u ber mounted upon said deck to pitch amis through thesecond opening, actuating means 2120 sile towards saidbackstop opening and to roll the same to said deck opening, means foralternately closing each of said openings and means associated with oneof said openings for retaining a missile impelled to the same.

8. A game including a deck, a back-stop, said deck and back-stop beingeach formed with an opening, a missile-impelliug member to pitch a balltowards said back-stop opening. means for closing said opening after amissile has been successfully impelled towards the same, said deckopening providing a missile retaining element, means associated withsaid latter opening for delivering a retained missile on to the deck,and means for connecting said last named means to the closing means forsaid back-stop opening to close said deck opening upon said backstopopening being accessible to a missile.

9. A game including a deck, a back-stop. said deck and bac '-stop beingeach formed with an opening, a missile-impelling member to pitch a balltowards said back-stop opening, means for closing said opening after amissile has been successfully impelled towards the same, means fordelivermg such missile back to the deck and adjacent the impellingmember, said deck opening providing a missile retaining element, meansassociated with said latter opening for delivering a retained missile onto the deck and means for connecting said last named means to theclosing means for said back-stop opening to close said deck opening uponsaid back-stop opening being accessible to a missle.

10. A game including a deck providing a green, a ball impelling membermounted upon said deck, a back-stop extending from said deck and beingformed with a driving opening, said deck being formed with a puttingopening and means associated with each of said openings for closing oneof the same when the other is accessible to a ball resting upon saiddeck.

ll. A game including, in combination, a deck, a missile impelling memberdisposed upon said deck, mechanism for actuating said member, targetportions, mechanism for settin said target portions, said mechanismsicing adapted to receive a token to operatively couple the same wherebyan initial operation of said actuating mechanism results in a setting ofthe target portion.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signatln-e.

FRANK R. CHESTER.

